Soda-fountain.



No. 890,912. 'PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. 0. F. KURZ.

SODA FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED 009?. 25.1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES rfrhifzib ctgvhiann, OHIO. I

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Specificatiombf Letters Patent. a Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed omber'sa'im. Serial No. 399,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KURZ, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda-Fountains; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,--andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in soda fountains.

The primary object of this invention is to reduce to a minimum thequantity of ice required in maintaining the various com artments orchambers and rece tacles o the soda fountain in a cool condition.

Another object is to keep the water in the water-sup lv pipes ade uatelcool without liability oi freezing in t e coi ed portions of the pipes.

Another object is to advantageously arrange the various compartments orchambers so as to render the soda fountain compact,

convenient and simple in construction.

With these objects in view, and to the end of realizin other advantageshereinafter aparing, t invention consists in certain eatures ofconstruction, and combinations of parts, hereinafter described, pointedout in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawin s, Figure 1 is a front side elevation of a'so afountain embodying my invention, and ortions are broken away and insection in t is re to. more clearly show certain features 0construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1, 100 inthe direction indicated by the arrow.- ig. 3 is a vertical section online 3-3, 1,100 in the direction indicated by the arrow. i 4"is avertical section on line 4-4, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicatedby the arrow... y

Referringto the drawings A indicates the counter of my improved sodafountain. At the inner side of'theco'unter A are formedthreecompartments or chambersB, C and D. The chamber D is arranged overthe chamber'C, and both chambers C and D are salt (not shown) are packedaround the receptacle b. The chamber B is therefore the mainrefrigerating chamber of the soda fountain. The side walls of thechamber B are provided ad'acent the upper portion of the counter witupwardly facin shoulders 5 which afford su port to a rac or holderGemployed in ho ding syrup-bottles g, and a lid H is arranged over thereceptacle b and can E and removably supported in any approved manner,which lid is provided with an aperture h affording access to theinterior of-the can.

K represents a soda-water-supply pipe which extends upwardly into thechamber- C and is coiled, as at K, next above the bottom of the saidchamber, and the said pi e extends from its coiled ortion K upward y toand is connected wit a suitably supplied faucet K from which soda watercan be drawn when required.

R indicates a pipe for su plying unchar ed water, which pipe is coiledas at R, wit in the-lower portion of the chamber C and extends above itscoiled portion It upwardly to and is connected with a suitably appliedfaucet R from which water supplied by the said pipe can be drawn.

The chamber B has a lateral outlet B at its lower end, which outletdischarges into the chamber C ab .ve the coiled portions of the pi es Kand R. That is, the chamber C exten s far enou h below the outlet B toaccommodate the ocation of the coiled portions of the pipes K and Rwithin the said chamber below the said outlet. Any brine or cold waterresulting from the melting of ice within the chamber B flows into thechamber C from the chamber B at the outlet B of the last-mentionedchamber and keeps the coiled portions of the pipes K and R in adesirably cool condition, and obviously the said coiled portions of thesaid pipes are ke t submerged in the said water thus received by thechamberC, and I indicates the level of the liquid.

in which the said coiled portions of the said pipes are thus keptsubmerged. One of the walls of the chamber C is rovided with a doorway Cwhich is normal y closed by suitably a plied doors C, which doorway isarrange above the liquid-level I to be maintained within thesaidchamber. observed therefore that the chamber C constitutes thewater-pipe-cooling chamber of the soda fountain.

The bottom of the chamber 1) is formed by It will be a sheet metal plated which is supported in any approved mannerand participates intheformation of the top wall of the chamber C so that any ice placed uponthe said bottom will cool the said bottom and thereby particiate incooling the said chamber The ower with c ipped or crushed ice J which issuit able for use in the pre aration of iced beverages and introducednto the said chamber through a doorway D with whichone of the walls ofthe said chamber is provided, which doorway is normally. closed by asuitably applied door D..

The top wall of the chamber D is provided with apertures D and thesurrounding walls of the said apertures are beveled to form desirableseats for bowls or dishes Q in which fresh fruit is kepton hand. Thechamber D, although constltuting primaril the crushedice-sup lycompartment of t e soda-fountain, a so operates as thefresh-fruit-cooling chamber of the soda fountain.

The chamber D is rovided in its bottom d with an outlet d at which anywaterresulting from'the melting of ice within the said cham-. ber passesinto the "chamber C and is there added to the water received by' thesaid chamber C from the chamber B and hence utilized in cooling thecoiled portions of the pipas K and R. i e

y the construction hereinbefore described. it Wlll be observed that therequirement if ice within the pipe-cooling chamber D is avoided that thewater in the said pipes is therefore not'liable to be frozen because thecoiled portions of the said pipes are not in contact with ice; that noneof the water resulting from the melting of ice in the chambers B and Dis wasted until after it has been advanta eously utilized in cooling thesaid ipes; t at the amount of ice required in coo 'ng the differentchambers is reduced to a minimum, and that the various portions of thesoda fountain are compactly and conveniently arranged.

T indicates a drain pipe which has a branch T arranged to carry offwater from a sink 8 arranged to receive the drip from the faucets K andR and is provided with another branch T having its receivin endcommunicatin r with the chamber C an arranged substantia ly in linehorizontally with the outlet B of the chamber B and consequently abovethe coiled portions of the pipes K and Rso that the maintenance, abovethe said coiled portions of the pipes, of the liquid-level in thechamber D is not disturbed.

What I claim is:

1. A soda-fountain comprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the innerside of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-containing can or thelike and ice;'another chamber arra ed at one side of and extending asuitab e distance below the first-mentioned portion of the chamber D issupplied chamber and in communication a suitable distance above itsbottom with the said first- -to be 3 drawn therefrom, and a drain-pipeh'a'vin its receiving end communicating with t e second mentionedchamber and arranged above the coiled portion of the sald pipe.

or the like and ice; which chamber has an outlet at its lower end;'.'another chamber arranged at one side of and extending a suitabledistance below the first-mentioned chamber, and in' communication withthe aforesaid outlet; a liquid-sup ly pipe extendin into and coiledwithin t h tion 0 the second-mentioned chamber be low the said outletand thence rising up wardly to the place from which liquid is to bedrawn therefrom, and a drain pipe having its receiving end communicatingwith the second-ment1oned chamber and arranged above the coiled portionof the said pipe.

3; A soda fountaincomprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the innerside of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-laden can or the like andice, which chamber has an outlet at its lower end; another chamberarranged at one side of and extending a suitable distance below thefirst-mentioned chamber and in communication with the aforesaid outlet;a liquid-sup ly pipe extending into and coiled within the. lower portionof the second-mentioned chamber belowthe said outlet and thence risingupwardly to theplace from which liquid is to be drawn therefrom, and .adrain-pipe having its receiving end communicating with-thesecondmentioned chamber and substantially in line horizontall with theaforesaid outlet.

4. A so a fountain comprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the innerside of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-laden can or the like andice; a pi e-cooling chamber arranged at one side 0 and extending asuitable distance below the first-mentioned chamber and in communicationa suitable distance above its bottom with the firstmen'tioned chamber atthe lower end of the first-mentioned chamber; a liquid-supply ipeextending into and coiled Within the ower ortion of the second-mentionedchamber be ow the point at which the said secondmentioned chambercommunicates with the first mentioned chamber and risin up- 'wardly tothe place from which li ui is to be drawn therefrom,-and a crushe-ice-supply chamber arranged above the pipe-cooling A soda fountaincomprising a counter; 'a chamber arranged at the mner side of thecounter for recelvmg an lce-cream-laden can e lower'por- I chamber andprovided with a. water-discharging outlet communicating with thepipe-cooling chamber.

5. In a soda fountain, the combination, with a pipe-cooling chamber, anda liquidsupply pipe extending into and coiled within the lower portionof the said chamber-and thence rising upwardly to the place from whichliquid is to be drawn therefrom, of a drain-pipe having its receivingend communicating with the pipe-cooling chamber at the level of a bodyof cooling liquid to be maintained in the said chamber; a crushedice-suply chamber arranged above the ipe-coo m chamber and provided with an voutlet at w ich water resultin from melting of ice within the saidice-supp 'yingchamber passes into the pipe-cooling chamber, and

end of the pipe-coolin chamber to locate its said outlet substantia lyin line horizontally with the receiving end of the aforesaid drainpi e..

n testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, 'in thepresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. KURZ. Witnesses C. H. Donna, Vr'oroR 0. LYNCH.

